Moiseev 2007 GLAST LAT对高能电子的观测

主要内容:
GLAST LAT不仅能观测光子，按照作者的说法，还能观测10－1000GeV的电子，而且他们还在企图把能段扩展。预计每年和观测10^7个电子。

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文章信息:
arXiv:0706.0882 [pdf] : Title: Measuring 10-1000 GeV Cosmic Ray Electrons with GLAST/LAT
Authors: Alexander A.Moiseev, Jonathan F.Ormes, Igor V.Moskalenko
Comments: 5 pages, 5 figures, 1 table

We present here the capabilities of the GLAST Large Area Telescope to detect cosmic ray high-energy (HE) electrons in the energy range from 10 GeV to 1 TeV. We also discuss the science topics that can be investigated with HE electron data and quantify the results with LAT instrument simulations. The science topics include CR propagation, calibration of the IC gamma-ray model, testing hypotheses regarding the origin of HE energy cosmic-ray electrons, searching for any signature of Kaluza Klein Dark Matter annihilation, and measuring the HE electron anisotropy. We expect to detect ~ 107 electrons above 20 GeV per year of LAT operation.